About Thara Village

Thara is a small village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 387, made up of 189 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thara village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	176208
Area (hectares)	33.62 hectares
Population	387
Male Population	189
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thara compares

By the 2011 count Thara is the 61st largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 33.62 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Thara

Thara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Thara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thara from other places

Thara lies about 4.6 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Koparlahar, about 2.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Thara
Nearest railway station	Koparlahar	2.1 km
District headquarters	Kangra	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	18 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	20 km

Villages closest to Thara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Thara

As per the Census of India 2011, Thara village had a population of 387. That makes it the 61st largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Thara village has 189 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thara has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Thara is 176208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thara covers 33.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Thara falls under Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thara is Koparlahar, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Thara.

Thara is about 4.6 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thara is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Koparlahar is about 2.1 km away. Kangra is about 4.6 km away. Shahpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.